Aurelio Vidmar names Qantas Olyroos squad for Japan tour

Qantas Olyroos Head Coach Aurelio Vidmar today announced his 19-player squad that will travel to Japan this week to play an international friendly match against the Japanese U-23 National team at the Tohoku Denryoku Bigswan Stadium, Niigata on Wednesday 1 June 2011.

Qantas Olyroos Head Coach Aurelio Vidmar today announced his 19-player squad that will travel to Japan this week to play an international friendly match against the Japanese U-23 National team at the Tohoku Denryoku Bigswan Stadium, Niigata on Wednesday 1 June 2011.

The match will be a curtain-raiser before the Kirin Cup match between Japan and Peru.

Following three recent training camps for Australian-based players, Vidmar is looking forward to testing his team against Japan in Niigata.

“We finished our local camps well and made plenty of progress but we still have a little way to go in terms of our match fitness.

“This match against the Japanese, who are a quality team, will show us where we are at and what we need to work on..

“Following this tour we will make the necessary adjustments in time for our Olympic qualification matches against Yemen,” concluded Vidmar.

Following this international friendly match, the Qantas Olyroos will return to Australia to prepare for the upcoming 2012 London Olympic Games Asian Qualifiers where they will face Yemen on the 19th and 23rd June 2011 with the venues to be confirmed by the AFC shortly.